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[Jayneflakes]

I have been given two weeks notice of redundancy today. It has been on the cards since we were told three weeks ago, but today it was confirmed. It appears that I am so far the only staff member to get chopped, but it is possible there may be one more.

What sucks though is that I have been replaced by a gaggle of very young part time lads, all of whom come to me to ask them how to do their job.

I have no satisfaction in knowing that they are going to struggle, I feel only sadness that it came to this.

So far 2010 has been a b1tch of a year.

I am now searching hard for a new job. Anyone know of anything in the Weston/Bristol area?

[Dave20046]

Not an uncommon scenario I'm afraid
Good luck.

[Richie]

that sucks big style Janyne.
good luck in finding new employment.

xox's

[Dave20046]

p.s if you can prove they've filled your role again with one/all of these lads then you have a case for unfair redundancy. They're supposed to make the role redundant, not you (if they put it down to financials...iirc).

Awww, Jayney!!! HUGS!!!

Originally Posted by Dave20046

p.s if you can prove they've filled your role again with one/all of these lads then you have a case for unfair redundancy. They're supposed to make the role redundant, not you (if they put it down to financials...iirc).

Yes but its really hard to prove unless you have been told that there to replace you.

Good luck finding a new job, there are more becoming available if you look for them.

[Dave20046]

Or their contract is the same job role as yours....

As someone has already mentioned surely it`s the job you do that`s made redundant and as a result of the company not being able to support that post you lose your job? Therefore surely it can`t be right to replace you with someone else doing the very job role that the company can no longer support (hope that makes sense!)

I`m really sorry and hope that something comes up real soon tho I`m wondering if it might be worth you talking to somebody about this to make sure the company are actually going about it the right way?

The universe has something much better lined up for you - go get it

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

The universe has something much better lined up for you - go get it

This is how I prefer to see things, thank you every one for your comments.

When I was told, my Boss said that he was very sad to see me go, given that I give so much energy and time to my job. Sadly, it is company restructuring that is to blame and also the current economic climate.

I am not bitter towards my boss, but I am bitter towards the company that has such unkind and cold rules. The lads left behind are lads I helped to train and lads I have supervised. I know that they are going to find it hard going and I know that sales figures are going to be hit because of this. It is a sad day for Bikehut Weston.

For me, it is an escape into a new adventure. I made myself a promise that I would not get stuck in a dead end job, this has given me the push to move on, just when I was getting comfortable. We all know that comfort is for lazy toads, so a new adventure awaits, I just hope that it comes along fairly quickly before bad things happen to us again.